Create Pilates
Want to Improve Hamstring and Adductor Flexibility? Try this
By Paula |
{WATCH} In this short video filmed at Create Pilates in Wimbledon, I show you how to do Prasarita Padottonasana (A). When practised with care and consideration this pose is strengthening for the legs and feet – it can improve hamstring and adductor flexibility and can also help develop awareness of how to protect your lower back…
Undo Knots in the Upper Body with Thread the Needle Pose
By Paula |
{WATCH} In this short video filmed at Create Pilates in Wimbledon, I show you how to do Thread the Needle Pose. Thread the Needle can provide a satisfying stretch through the chest and shoulders. Also, the gentle twisting motion can help stretch the muscles in the lower back and release tension in the upper back…
Soothe Your Nervous System with Nadi Shodhana Pranayama (Alternate Nostril Breathing)
By Paula |
Nadi – ‘channel’ or ‘flow’ Shodhana – ‘purification’ Alternate Nostril Breathing is a simple yet effective pranayama (breathing) practice. Soothing for the nervous system, alternate nostril breathing is said to help relieve stress and anxiety and lower the heart rate among other benefits. It is also helpful to practice before bedtime if you have…
NEW Hatha Yoga Class in Wimbledon
By Paula |
New Year, New Classes: Hatha Yoga – Fridays 10.15-11.30am at Create Pilates I’m excited to be teaching another class at Create in Wimbledon. As well as *Flow & Restore with Yoga Nidra on Wednesdays – *now at the new time of 11.45am-1pm, I am also teaching Hatha Yoga on Friday mornings from 6th January. Meaning ‘sun’…
Yoga Nidra – Dreaming of Yogic Sleep
By Paula |
“Yoga Nidra can be understood as a total practice of yoga itself… a state of ‘awakened sleep’ … in this state (we encounter) auto-suggestive experience of the power of the unconscious mind and its linkage with the soul.” – Sri Ram Sharam Acharya. What is Yoga Nidra? The word ‘nidra’ translates as ‘sleep’, hence the…
See you at the OM Yoga Show this Month
By Paula |
FREE Flow & Restore Class at the Yoga Show – Sat 22nd Oct 4.30-5pm This year I will be teaching at the OM Yoga Show for the first time. If you’re coming along to Show this year, then come and wind down from your busy Saturday at Alexandra Palace with my FREE Flow & Restore class at the ‘Hero…
NEW CLASS: Flow & Restore with Yoga Nidra at Create
By Paula |
Flow & Restore with Yoga Nidra at Create, Raynes Park – Wednesdays 12.30-13.45 from 3rd August I’m excited to announce I will be teaching a new yoga class at Create starting this summer every Wednesday from 3rd August. The first part of this beautifully balanced class guides you through a series of flowing yoga postures…